Key Concepts in Educational Assessment

A quick reference guide to educational assessment, explains all key terms and provides further reading suggestions.

List of contents

Introduction
Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL)
Assessment for Learning
Assessment of Learning
Assessment Policy
Attainment
Awarding Bodies
Basic Skills Assessment
Comparability
Continuous Assessment
Coursework
Criterion Referencing
Diagnostic Assessment
Differentiation
Discrimination
E-assessment
Examinations
External Verification
Fairness
Feedback
Grading, Including Marking
Group Assessment
Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
Internal Verification
International Assessment
Ipsative Assessment
Mark Scheme
Measurement
Moderation
National Curriculum Assessment
Norm Referencing
Peer and Self Assessment
Performance-based Assessment
Purposes of Assessment
Qualifications
Quality Assurance
Recording and Tracking
Regulation of Assessment
Reliability
Standardisation
Supply and Selection
Validity
Vocational Assessment
Work-based Assessment

About the author

Tina Isaacs is Director of the MA in Educational Assessment at the Institute of Education, London. Catherine Zara was most recently Director of the MA in Educational Assessment and Director of the BA (Hons) in Post Compulsory Education and Training at the University of Warwick.
Graham Herbert was most recently Director of the CIEA.
Steve J. Coombs is Head of Department for Continuing Professional Development at Bath Spa University, which offers an MA in Educational Assessment.
Charles Smith is senior lecturer in economics and education at Swansea Metropolitan University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

Summary

A quick reference guide to educational assessment, explains all key terms and provides further reading suggestions.

Product details

• Authors: Steven J Coombs, Steven J. Coombs, Graham Herbert, Herbert Graham, Tina Isaacs, Tina Zara Isaacs, Tina/ Zara Isaacs, Isaacs Tina, Charles Smith, Charles Coombs Smith, Catherine Zara, Zara Catherine
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.02.2013
• EAN: 9781446210567
• ISBN: 978-1-4462-1056-7
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Sage Key Concepts Series; Key Concepts (Sage); Sage Key Concepts Series; Key Concepts (Sage)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement, EDUCATION / Evaluation & Assessment, Education: examinations and assessment, Examinations & assessment